I Can See Through All Things' Information

[This list records the top 100 postnatal martial artists worldwide who are considered by Tianji Building to have the most potential to break through to the Innate Realm.]

[Once ranked on the Hidden Dragon List, one gains attention from people all around the world and receives an imperceptible enhancement of fate, which makes their cultivation journey smoother.]

"Does this Hidden Dragon List actually have the effect of gathering fate?"

After reading the few lines of information, Lu Qing was genuinely surprised.

Previously, he found it a bit odd that martial artists held the Hidden Dragon List in such high regard from the way the cloth-clothed youth spoke.

So that was the case.

It seemed that his inclusion on this list wasn't entirely bad news.

Lu Qing unrolled the scroll, and immediately, he searched downward.

Then, at the twenty-ninth position, he found his own name.

Cang State Lu Qing, seventeen years old, Initiate of the Internal Organ Realm.

The information was extremely concise, revealing nothing more than his name, age, and cultivation level.

Lu Qing then looked at the other names on the list.

Their displayed information was similar to his.

At most, some entries included the sect or family to which the person belonged.

Other information, such as the cultivation techniques practiced and preferred weapons, was completely undisclosed.

Lu Qing was quite satisfied with this.

It showed that Tianji Building was discreet and did not reveal too much about those ranked.

He searched the list again and indeed found a few familiar names.

One was the cloth-clothed youth's name, which ranked above his, in the seventeenth position.

There were also two others, Wei Xinghe and the stout man from Heavenly Cang Sect, Zhao Xiong.

The rankings of these two were not far apart, one ranked seventy-eight and the other eighty-one.

However...

Even two Martial Arts Grandmasters who had reached perfection in the Internal Organ Realm could only rank so low.

It appeared that there were indeed numerous martial arts experts in the world.

Lu Qing looked further and found that there were even names of disciples from the Seven Killings Tower.

The most formidable among them was someone named "Tan Lang," who was ranked ninth on the list, impressively.

Most importantly, Lu Qing noticed a pattern.

None over the age of thirty were ranked in the top fifty.

Even in the latter fifty, the oldest was merely forty-eight years old, which was still considered prime age for a martial artist.

In other words, the Hidden Dragon List was actually a very "youthful" list.

The martial artists listed were all in their prime state.

"It makes sense, this Hidden Dragon List ranks those most likely to break through to the Innate Realm of Martial Arts experts.

Once someone passes thirty years, their body's Qi-blood begins to gradually decline from its peak, and the probability of breaking through to the Innate Realm correspondingly decreases.

The rankings of Wei Family Master and that Zhao Xiong are probably affected by their ages as well."

Lu Qing briefly pondered and understood the underlying reasons.

Not everyone has the talent and fortune of his master.

His master, who created Nourishing Body Boxing, even though being of older age, had always maintained excellent energy.

He disliked competing with others and nearly had no health issues or injuries.

After taking Earth Vein Spiritual Liquid, not only had his body recovered to its peak, but he had also successfully cultivated Divine Soul Power.

Moreover, he was protected by Merit Light.

That allowed him to step into the Innate Realm in his old age, creating a miracle that seemed almost impossible.

For other older martial artists who had surpassed the age of fifty or sixty, without the accumulation and fortune like his master's, attempting another breakthrough would probably be harder than reaching the skies.

This is why the Hidden Dragon List did not feature names of aged grandmasters.

After briefly browsing through the Hidden Dragon List, Lu Qing rolled it up, planning to study it more thoroughly when he had time.

"Master, what are you thinking about?"

After putting away the Hidden Dragon List, Lu Qing looked up and saw his master with a slightly furrowed brow, lost in thought.

"I was thinking about what Mr. Zhi Rui just said. Previously, in Wei Mansion, I also heard people discussing the 'Millennium Turmoil.' I wonder if it's the same event he mentioned where great chaos is about to unfold."

The elder doctor was somewhat troubled.

After hearing what the cloth-clothed youth said about the upcoming great chaos, for some reason, he felt a sense of premonition rising in his heart.

It seemed to relate to something extremely important.

Lu Qing thought for a moment and finally said, "Perhaps the disciple knows a little about what Mr. Zhi Rui was talking about."

"Ah Qing, you know?" the elder doctor raised his head in astonishment.

"The disciple isn't entirely sure, but recently, I found a peculiar book in an old bookstore in the county. It recorded some very unusual information..."

"...According to what the Carefree Wanderer said, if his calculations are correct, the so-called 'spiritual energy resurgence' might be happening in our era."
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"And what Mr. Zhi Rui described as the 'Millennium Turmoil' and the arising great chaos might be referring to this."

Lu Qing recounted some of the things recorded in the casual notes left by the Carefree Wanderer.

"The Cultivation Era, spiritual energy resurgence?"

After listening to Lu Qing's explanation, the elder doctor was dumbfounded.

He never imagined that this matter would even relate to events from tens of thousands of years ago in ancient times.

However...

"The Cultivation Era, does it truly exist, and are there really immortals in this world?"

The elder doctor felt somewhat incredulous.

Although he was an Innate Realm Expert himself, he had always regarded tales of gods and immortals as mere legends.

Now, hearing that gods and immortals truly existed, it was indeed a significant shock to his beliefs.

"The disciple also finds it unbelievable, but after witnessing certain things, I feel that it may not be so illusory, like the Big Cauldron in the underground chamber of the Wei family, for instance," Lu Qing reminded.

The elder doctor suddenly came to a realization.

Indeed, the Big Cauldron of the Wei family was truly miraculous.

Not only did it contain a mysterious Taoist charm, but according to what Wei Shanhai said, it originally only had the size of a fingertip and yet had grown so large over a hundred years.

A self-growing Big Cauldron, no matter how you look at it, does not seem like an ordinary object.

Perhaps, only those celestial beings with profound divine skills could create such a mysterious artifact.

"Looking at it this way, what Mr. Zhi Rui said about the 'Millennium Turmoil' must indeed refer to this matter of spiritual energy resurgence," the elder doctor sighed.

Originally, he thought that what the cloth-clothed youth talked about was at most conflicts between sect forces or perhaps another war between commanderies was about to erupt.

He didn't expect it to involve such a monumental shift of heaven and earth.

But faced with such a monumental shift, how should they respond?

For a moment, the elder doctor felt somewhat lost.

"Master, there's no need to worry too much. If the sky falls, there will be tall ones who will hold it up,"

Lu Qing, seeing his master's bewilderment, offered some comfort.

"Although Mr. Zhi Rui did not specify the cause of the great change, I think he surely knows something, and even if he isn't clear, the powerful sects behind him must have some understanding.

These sects certainly wouldn't want the world to descend into chaos, so let's just wait and see how things unfold."

The elder doctor came to a realization.

Indeed, if the Carefree Wanderer could find the Jade, those sects with thousands of years of inheritance, possessing vast resources and power, must know even more hidden information.

They probably have prepared well in advance for the great change's arrival.

In that case, why was he worrying here?

"Let it be, after all, we are just doctors, people of humble words and limited influence; treating and saving people is our duty. The grand affairs of the world should be left to those major sects to worry about."

After reflecting on this, the elder doctor somewhat relieved himself and spoke in a light-hearted tone.

Seeing this, Lu Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that his master, though kind-hearted, always considered himself merely a doctor and did not harbor any grand ambitions to save the world.

Otherwise, if he got too fixated, Lu Qing really didn't know how he would be able to advise him.

While Lu Qing and his master were having a casual conversation,

He was unaware that at this moment, the outside world was being turned upside down due to the Hidden Dragon List rankings just released by the Tianji Building.

The reason, naturally, was because his name appeared on it.